Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer Tyler Robinson currently in custody
22-year-old Tyler Robinson has been remanded in custody as the suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
A family member told investigators that Robinson “had become more political in recent years,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox said at a press conference Friday morning.
Authorities, who have described Kirk’s killing as a political assassination, discovered anti-fascist messages engraved on ammunition with a rifle near the site of the shooting.
The messages included one that said, “Hey fascist! Catch!” and another that appeared to reference an Italian anti-fascist song.
Robinson grew up in Washington, Utah, and earned a scholarship to attend Utah State University after a strong academic record in high school, but dropped out after just one semester, according to public records, social media and a university statement.
Cox said at the press conference that a family member of Robinson had reached out to a family friend Thursday night, and the family friend told the Washington County Sheriff’s Office that “Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident.”
Robinson was taken into custody around 10 p.m. Thursday night, after a 33-hour manhunt, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday.
Cox said that a family member of Robinson had told investigators that at a recent family dinner, Robinson had mentioned Kirk’s upcoming Utah Valley event, and “they talked about why they didn’t like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate”, Cox said.
Robinson graduated from Pine View High School in St. George in 2021, a spokesperson for the school confirmed. He received a resident presidential scholarship to attend Utah State University, according to a Facebook video his mother posted of him.
A spokesperson for the university said in statement Friday that Robinson “briefly attended Utah State University for one semester in 2021.”
Source: CNN
